Current Affairs Quiz – November 04 & 05 2018
1. Which actor has been honoured with Distinguished Fellow Award in Boston?
a) Adeel Akhtar
b) Zenobia Shroff
c) Anupham Kher
d) Ray Romano
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Answer c) Anupham Kher. Actor Anupam Kher has been honoured with Distinguished Fellow Award at the 3rd India Global Summit held at MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston.
2. ‘Little India Gate’ has been inaugurated in___________.
a) Nepal
b) Indonesia
c) Bangladesh
d) Bhutan
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Answer b) Indonesia. ‘Little India Gate’, the first-of-its-kind structure in Indonesia recognises the contribution of Indian community in the development of Medan city.
3. Who has been appointed as MD, CEO of UCO Bank?
a) Athul Sharma
b) Mahadev Shankar
c) Vishnuvi Menon
d) Atul Kumar Goel
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Answer d) Atul Kumar Goel . Atul Kumar Goel assumed charge as Managing Director and CEO of UCO Bank by replacing R K Takkar. Earlier, Goel was executive director of Union Bank of India.
4. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of 2018 Women’s World Boxing Championships?
a) Vijender Singh
b) Mithali Raj
c) PV Sindhu
d) Mary Kom
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Answer d) Mary Kom. Five-time World Champion Mary Kom leads the 10th edition of AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, which is to be held at the IG Stadium’s K.D. Jhadav Hall
5. World Tsunami Awareness Day being observed on ___________.
a) November 05
b) November 06
c) November 07
d) November 08
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Answer a) November 05. In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day.
6. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Lao Peoples Democratic Republic?
a) Kavi Vineet Chauhan
b) Mohan Chauhan
c) Dinkar Asthana
d) Vijaya Kumar
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Answer c) Dinkar Asthana. Dinkar Asthana is an Indian Foreign Service Officer (IFS) of the 1990 batch. Currently, he is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
7. India ranked _________ globally in web-borne threats Kaspersky Lab.
a) 12th
b) 16th
c) 26th
d) 33rd
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Answer a) 12th. Kaspersky Lab products detected 48,093,743 Internet-borne malware incidents on computers of KSN participants in India.
8. According to Arcadis, Which is the Asia most sustainable city?
a) Malaysia
b) Singapore
c) Kuwait
d) Saudi Arabia
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Answer b) Singapore. Singapore maintained its rank as number one Asian city in the Sustainability Index by engineering firm Arcadis.
